(CITY OF WINNIPEG / FILE)
A 35-year-old man is facing charges after a stabbing at a downtown bus stop Saturday evening left a man in his 20s in hospital.
Winnipeg police responded to the 1-99 block of Israel Asper Way just after 6:30 p.m., after a man in his 20s was stabbed while waiting at a bus stop by an unknown man who appeared unexpectedly.
Officers provided emergency medical care to the victim before he was taken to hospital in stable condition, police say.
The suspect fled the scene but was located and arrested a short time later in the 1-99 block of Forks Market Road.
The suspect, whose name wasn’t released, has been charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon and failing to comply with a condition of a release order. He remains in custody.
